Household 830: Webb King Brown & Iris Idell Bresslin

Household Record 830

Res.1/Male/Husb} Brown, Webb King

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Bresslin, Iris Idell

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	Webb K. & Iris B. Brown
Optional}	San Bernardino County
Str./Apt.}	1581 Mt. Vernon Avenue
City/etc.}	San Bernardino, California

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 5 Apr 1830

Move-In} Cir 1 Nov 1925

Move-Out} Aft 12 Apr 1971

Source 1}	1984=Genealogy
Source 2}	2012=1930 USA cen
Source 3}	2013=1940 USA cen
Source 4}	1988=City directory
Source 5}	2015=Newspaper
Source 6}	867 = Marriage rec
Source 7}	1004=Index
Source 8}	1849=S.S. record
Source 9}	824 = Death record
Source 10}	1735=S.S. record
Source 11}	2015=Obituary
Source 12}	1983=Cemetery rec

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 23 Oct 2017
Date Created} 11 Oct 2017

Notes: According to family sources, Webb King Brown was born 3 Mar 1903 in American Fork, Utah, Utah. His parents were Joseph Webb Brown and Lillian King. Iris Idell Bresslin was born 17 Feb 1905 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. Her parents were Clarence Almo Bresslin and Julia Luning. Webb and Iris were married 1 Nov 1925 in San Bernardino, California. They had a family of seven children.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Webb K. Brown, 27, and his wife Iris I. Brown, 25, were living at 1581 Mt. Vernon Ave., San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. They owned their home valued at $2,500, and did not have a radio set. Webb was a machinist for the railroad shops. Their children were I. Aileen, 3, born in Utah; Betty L., 2, Donald W., 1, and Ella J., 13 days, all born in California. Also in the household was Webb's sister, F. Virginia Brown, 20, born in Utah.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Webb K. Brown, 37, and his wife Iris Brown, 35, were living at 1582 [1581] Mt. Vernon Ave., San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, the same house as in 1935. They owned their home with a value of $3,000. Webb was a machinist for the railroad, and had earned $1880 in the prior year. Both he and Iris had completed four years of high school. Their children were Aileen, 14, one year of high school; Betty, 12, 7th grade; Donald, 11, 5th grade; Joan, 10, fifth grade; Billy, 8, third grade; Virginia, 6, first grade; and Kay, 2.

Webb was a machinist for the Santa Fe Railway for 45 years, and was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, He was the first bishop in the San Bernardino Ward, and a member of the High Council and stake patriarch. Iris was also active in the LDS Church, serving as president of the San Bernardino Third Ward and San Bernardino County Relief Societies.

Iris I. Brown died 12 Apr 1971 in Highland, San Bernardino, California. She was buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.

Webb K. Brown, 68, married Lynn Wynder Day, 54, on 16 Oct 1971 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

Webb King Brown died 1 Sep 1991 in Highland, San Bernardino, California. His residence in 1991 was 7432 San Francisco St., Highland, California. Services were held 6 Sep 1991 at the Latter-day Saints Stake Center, Highland. He was buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino. Lynn died in 1999, and shares a headstone with him.

Total # of Residents} 9

Other Residents:

Household	His Last HH} ___	His Next HH} ___
Links =>	Her Last HH} ___	Her Next HH} ___

3rd Res.}	Brown, Aileen Iris	1926 - 2003	___
4th Res.}	Brown, Betty LaVonne	1927 - 2013	___
5th Res.}	Brown, Donald Webb	1929 - 2013	___
6th Res.}	Brown, Ella Joanne	1930 - 2013	___
7th Res.}	Brown, William Alan	1931 - 2007	___
8th Res.}	Brown, Virginia Norene	1934 - 2017	___
9th Res.}	Brown, Kay Idell	1937 - 2006	___

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